*Write a Letter to the Editor highlighting the anniversary and the value of Scouting in your community.

*Write a Letter to the Editor highlighting the anniversary and the value of Scouting in your community.

*Conduct a special service project during Scouting Anniversary Week to demonstrate both pride in America and pride in community. Focus on areas of hunger, homelessness, and healthy living and your project qualifies as a Good Turn for America project for which your Scouts can qualify for a Good Turn for America patch (at Scout Shops).

*Conduct a special service project during Scouting Anniversary Week to demonstrate both pride in America and pride in community. Focus on areas of hunger, homelessness, and healthy living and your project qualifies as a Good Turn for America project for which your Scouts can qualify for a Good Turn for America patch (at Scout Shops).

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*Conduct unit family events such as blue and gold banquets, courts of honor, parents' nights, etc. and use these events to highlight the story of Scouting and the importance it has in a boy’s life, our communities, and our nation.

*Use this opportunity for packs and troops to work together. This will also provide Webelos Scouts with the opportunity to work with the troop they will be moving into.

*Use this opportunity for packs and troops to work together. This will also provide Webelos Scouts with the opportunity to work with the troop they will be moving into.

Revision as of 20:32, January 26, 2010

Scout Week, or Scouting Anniversary Week, is a week celebration of the founding of Scouting held the week of February 8th. Scout Week begins the Sunday preceding February 8th with Scout Sunday and ends with the Saturday following February 8th or Scout Sabbath.

Ideas for Scout Week

Unit Ideas

Talk to your local mayor or city council. Ask them to proclaim that Scouting Anniversary Week be celebrated in your hometown.

Conduct a service project for your chartered organization as a way of thanking them for their support of Scouting.

Hold a special flag-raising ceremony at a high-profile location in the community, or make a special presentation to the local school board, mayor, or city council.

Plant a tree in honor of the occasion. Start a tradition and plant a new tree each year.

Invite your local newspaper to cover your event, or take photos and submit them.

Write a Letter to the Editor highlighting the anniversary and the value of Scouting in your community.

Conduct a special service project during Scouting Anniversary Week to demonstrate both pride in America and pride in community. Focus on areas of hunger, homelessness, and healthy living and your project qualifies as a Good Turn for America project for which your Scouts can qualify for a Good Turn for America patch (at Scout Shops).

Use this opportunity for packs and troops to work together. This will also provide Webelos Scouts with the opportunity to work with the troop they will be moving into.

District Ideas

Work with local radio and television stations to create a Scouting public service announcement.

Hold an Eagle Scout banquet and invite Eagle Scout in your community to reconnect with Scoutin.